Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-05

dre Ss ready 10 seize any American ish
 ermen that may venture over the deat
 line.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Forney, o
 Alabama, presented the conference re
 port on the bill making the annual sp
 propIstion of s40,OO0 for the equipmen
 ot the militia forces of the United State
 and 1t was agreed to.
 ANDERSON, Cal, Jan. 2s.-At half pas
 two this morning a fire broke out il
 Cslls saloon on east Center street Tn,
 tire spread to the hotel, on the side
 which was completely destroyed, togeth
 CT with the remainder of the block
 Bsrcher < Orumbraugh's warehouse or
 the opposite side O. the street was AlsC
 destroyed. The loss is estimated al | S75 0O0.
 SAN FRANCISCO. January 2S.-SiI new
 cases of dIphtheria were reported to-
 day.
 SAS FRAyCIsCO. JsDuary 2S.-Judge | haguire has sent his resignation to the California State Democratic Club as 6
 member of that body. He states that
 his withdrawal is prompted by sense fl duty 10 political conviction with
 which the democratic party is not in ac-
 cord, and states that he intends to ally himself with the new national party formed for the purpose of restoring the
 natural rights ofthe great landless dem-
 ocraey of America. He continues as fol-
 lows: Il shall m the next political campaign, do all ID my power to secure
 ;he election of Henry George, or some
 other land refOrmer to the presldency
 of the United States"
 SAS FRANCISCO. January 2S.-Police Judge Lswler thIs afternoon rendered . decision Tn the case Of James McCord, superintendent of the Sutter Street Rail road, and James Kelsey, charged with the murder of Bernard Heins. who was shot during the riot on the Sutter street road, December Sth last. The court thought that Kelsey had acted ID defense of his life, and ordered that the charges against both defendants be dismissed.
 WASHINGTON. January 2S-The naval appropriation bill WAS completed in this afternoons session of the house com mittse Ou naval affairs. The total ap- propristiOn made by the bill Is $2s,067,- 942, while the estimates were S20,637,- 75G. and the appropriation for the cur rent year, s62. .425,5 ,55S.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-At 6 meeting of the directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad Go. yesterday, letter from Vice President Oakes was read, lin which he stated that the farmers along the line m Dakota, vest of the Missouri riVer and for eighty miles east of the river had lOet nearly all their crops last n Lu. l. had taken the responsibility of giung public notice that the company would furnish seed wheat, oats and other grains to such farmers ss were destitute, to enable them 10 put in a crop the com ing spring. The seed IS to be a loan from the company to be rspAld. bushel for bushel. m the sutumn. Mir. Oskss expressed the opinion that 100000 bush- els of wheat and 6O,OO0 bushels of oats would be needed for seed. and be rec commended that the board appropriate SlOO.OOO for the purpose. Ills action Tss approved.
 WAsHRGToS, Jan. 2S-Mr. Jordan, treasurer of the United States, will re- linquish his present office on May lst, Tn order to accept Rn office, probably the presidency, of the Western National Bank of New York, ID process of OrgsnI- zstion, and which will be fully estab- hshed by that date. Jordan has not formally resigned. but expects to do SO shortly after the adjournment of con gress.
 HELENA, Mont, January 2S-The Gregory Consolidated Mining Co. of New York, working the Gregory mine, situated four miles from Wyckeye. twenty miles from Helena, telegrsphed to Fl. ". Child, general manager, to close down operations, by ress1u of no money ID the treasury. Child started from the mine with E. W. Bsch, Ac- countsnt, Foreman West, Hon. Albert ], Seligmsn, of the firm of J. aud W, Sel- igmau 4 Co, bankers of New York. tO notify the men and close the works. Drafts for the amount due the employ | ees had not reached Helena, and the | men fearing that they were to lose two | months wages due. on being notified of the cOmpsny's intention, called 6 meet 1 ing and took charge of the mine and works. They went n body and notI- l fiei the gentlemen named that they l wanted them to attend their meeting in | the hosting works. O0e hundred and | fifty men walking in front and one hun | dred and seventy five tehind, escorted | them tO the meeting. Speeches were | made on both sides. The men decided | to hold the four gentlemen named until | the money was forthcoming. and detail l ed eight men to guard them during the | day and eight men during the night | They voted to close every saloon and | detailed men for that purpose. which l waz strictly carried out, aud then ap- l pointed R committee to inspect sll tele- | grams snd correspondence. Later n | the day It was decided to allow the gen ] eral manager to go east to secure money, ] at the same time pRrolling the account | ant and foreman but holding Mir. Selig | man prisoner for security until the | money was paid. Sehgmsn ielegraphed | his father in New York that 1T ths com psny dld not pay the men he would not | answer for the consequences for the | protection of the property or himself. | The amount involved IS S75OOn. J. and | W. SelIgmsn 4 Co. owning the best DOT ton of the c1mpany's stock, immediate ly ,elegraphed the money to Helena Tor the payment of the men and release the | property aud Sel1gmHn. About midnight last night Mir. SelIg- | man was released upon a message being | sent to the men by Governor Hanser, | W ho guaranteed the money for Seiigman l t Co. The men treated the prisoner | and all parties with tho utmost respect | and courtesy. and protected the proper ty of the company. There was DO dis position to injure anyone. Sfligmsn l was parolled snd allowed the freedom of the camp on his word of honor that he | would not leave and payment would be | made to the men. The men are being l paid of to-day and sll hands are happy l over the result Of what might have been a serious affair had not the New York l bankers generously stopped It.
 LONDON. January 2S-Germany has made arrangements tO At once erect bar racks at various points along the French | frontier, thus answering the French, as the dispatch from Berlin giving the ln- .elhgencs says. with barracks snd forts srrsyed.
 The subject Of the dispute between l the United States and Great Britain ID 1 regard to the Canadian fisheries. was brought up in the house of commons | this morning. Sir James Ferguson, secretary of the foreign | office, in answer to inquiries said the had been conterr1ng with | the government of the United states on l Inc ousstion of the Canadian fisheries. l